{"id":418298,"date":"2025-12-23T09:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=418298"},"modified":"2025-12-23T09:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:03:15","slug":"a-hybrid-future-for-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=418298","title":{"rendered":"A Hybrid Future for\u00a0Europe?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I reported earlier this week, the EU has now formally abandoned its 2035 ban on the sale of new petrol\/diesel cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, there will be a requirement to reduce vehicle emissions by 90% from 2021 levels. It seems a lot, but is it really?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 baseline for passenger cars was approximately 110 g CO2\/km, so the 2035 target will be around 11kg. But currently, manufacturers have already managed to cut to 93.6 g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undoubtedly this change of plan will be a massive boost for hybrid cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Volkswagen Golf hybrid is said to emit 25 g\/km, compared to 115 g\/km for the diesel. Large scale rollout of plug-in hybrids will therefore take manufacturers much closer to their 2035 targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously there will still be increased sales of EVs, which will help close the difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also the exploitation of e-fuels, synthetic or made from waste oil, which will also presumably be classified as \u201ccarbon free\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Above all this change of policy will allow the European motor industry to escape the bullet and carry on making ICE cars indefinitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not insignificant that the Telegraph<\/a> article reported:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMichael Lohscheller, the chief executive of Swedish EV manufacturer \u200cPolestar, added: \u201cMoving from a clear 10pc zero-emissions target to 90pc may seem small, but if we backtrack now, we won\u2019t just hurt the climate. We\u2019ll hurt Europe\u2019s ability to compete.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The big losers will be Chinese EV makers like Polestar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is one more huge hole in the EU logic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fuel consumption and emissions for all hybrid cars assumes a mix of battery and engine use. The Golf hybrid\u2019s battery only has a range of 88 miles \u2013 more like 50 in practice. Many drivers won\u2019t necessarily have to ability to charge at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The likely result is that many will simply carry on using hybrids as if they were bog-standard petrol cars. They will run wholly on petrol, which will emit just as much CO2 as the petrol version does!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officially, hybrids will count as low emission. In practice, they will not reduce emissions one jot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As I reported earlier this week, the EU has now formally abandoned its 2035 ban on the sale of new petrol\/diesel cars.
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